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Waves relying on physical movement of materials like those of sound or those sen in water require a medium. Electromagnetic (Light, radio, microwaves, etc.) and gravitational waves can travel without a medium in the vacuum of space. This allows us to see the stars and planets. Scientists originally felt there was an "ether" a mysterious material filling space two allow this transmission but this was eventually disproved.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoNo. Electromagnetic waves need nothing.
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Do radio waves need a medium to travel through?
Radiation doesnt need a medium because it travels through space
Due mechanical waves need a medium to travel through?
Yes, mechanical waves do need a medium in order to travel. Other waves, such as light, do not (thus they can travel through space).
Does waves need a medium to travel through?
No. Electromagnetic waves travel through vacuum ( ie space where there is nothing)
What type of wave requires no medium to travel through?
Waves need not require medium to travel through. Only Mechanical waves like sound waves require medium to travel through. Electromagnetic waves travel in vaccum like light waves. Some waves transmitted in a medium due to disturbances in the medium .
How mechanical and electromagnetic wave are different?
The biggest difference is that mechanical waves require a medium to travel through and electromagnetic waves do not.
All waves need a medium to travel?
No, only surface and mechanical waves need a medium, compressional waves can travel through space. (Such as light from the Sun).I think light (EM) waves are the only ones that can travel through a vacuum. Sound waves require a medium.
Do ocean waves need a medium to travel through?
no
What can waves travel through?
Sound waves need a medium to travel through - the medium may be solid, liquid, or gaseous. Electromagnetic waves (including light) can also travel through empty space.
What needs a medium substance to travel through?
Mechanical waves need a medium substance to travel through. Electromagnetic do not.
What waves need a medium to travel in?
Mechanical waves need a medium to travel in
What do electromagnetic waves need to travel?
Electromagnetic waves don't need anything to travel. This kind of waves does not need a medium to move through, therefore they can even travel through outer space.
Sound waves do not travel through what?
Sound wave do not travel through vaccum as it need medium to travel.
